DATE: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:56:23 +1100
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral opportunity at Curtin University of Technology: Wide-Field VLBI
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Wide-Field VLBI
Curtin University of Technology: Perth, Western Australia
Duration: 3 yr
Salary range: $69,451 - $82,474 (Curtin Academic Level B: Lecturer)
Closing date for applications: November 26, 2007
The Department of Imaging and Applied Physics at the Curtin University
of Technology is currently engaging with the development of exciting
new major radio astronomical facilities in the state of Western
Australia, including ASKAP and MWA. A new radio astronomy group is
being formed at Curtin, focussing on science and technology
developments on the pathway to these new instruments, and ultimately
the SKA.
This postdoctoral position within the new group is aimed at an
exploration of the techniques of sensitive, high angular resolution,
wide field of view imaging and their application in several areas of
radio astronomy and astrophysics. These techniques will be critical
for the SKA and pathfinder instruments.
The successful applicant will run an observational program using VLBI
and e-VLBI facilities in Australia, and a software correlator
operating at Curtin, to generate datasets capable of producing images
over wide fields of view (arcminutes to degrees). The applicant will
explore the techniques required to produce these images and will
conduct research in one or more of the following science areas:
surveys of supernova remnants in nearby starburst galaxies; surveys of
jet interaction regions in radio galaxies; surveys of weak, compact
radio sources at high redshift. The successful applicant will be
expected to supervise graduate students.
Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in an appropriate field, be eligible to
become a member of a relevant professional society, and have research
experience in Radio Astronomy.
For further information please contact Prof. Steven Tingay at Curtin,
via email at s.tingay@ivec.org
This position is currently advertised on seek.com.au (search on VLBI)
and the Curtin University of Technology employment website
(jobs.curtin.edu.au).
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Professor Steven Tingay
Department of Imaging and Applied Physics
Curtin University of Technology
Bentley, Western Australia
Australia
Email: s.tingay@ivec.org
s.tingay@curtin.edu.au